Adaptation and cross-cultural validation of the Brazilian version of the Warwick-Edinburgh mental well-being scale
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OBJECTIVE: the Warwick-Edinburgh mental well-being scale (WEMWBS) was designed to assess the level of mental well-being of a population or specific groups. The scale consists of 14 items covering functional psychological aspects, as well as well-being. The final score is calculated by adding up the response of each item, ranging from 1 to 5, obtaining a result from 14 to 70 points. METHODS: the procedure was developed in accordance with the protocol recommended by the World Health Organization covering translation, back translation, semantic equivalence, expert evaluation of the previous steps, pre-test and final version of the instrument. Following, the final version was applied to a sample of 122 individuals and the data were subjected to descriptive statistical analysis, factor analysis, internal consistency and correlation with other validated instruments. RESULTS: we performed the instrument's adaptation to the Portuguese spoken in Brazil, replacing terms to approximate the language to expressions of everyday life. The final version showed similar results to those from the original version, demonstrated by factor analysis, internal consistency (Cronbach's alpha: 0.89) and positive correlation with instruments validated to the Portuguese language. CONCLUSION: the Brazilian version of the WEMWBS proved to be easy to use and understand, showed high internal consistency and construct validity similar to the original instrument.
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The WEMWBS has good reliability and validity in its English, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, and Dutch versions.
“WEMWBS has good reliability and validity in its versions in English (Tennant et al., 2007), Spanish (Carvajal et al., 2015), Brazilian Portuguese (Santos et al., 2015), and Dutch (Ikink et al., 2012).”
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- Authors
- Santos, J. J. A. D., Costa, T. A. D., Guilherme, J. H., Silva, W. C. D., Abentroth, L. R. L., Krebs, J. A., & Sotoriva, P.
- Affiliations
- Universidade Paranaense (BR)
- Venue
- Revista da Associação Médica Brasileira
- Publisher
- FapUNIFESP (SciELO)
- Published
- 2015-06
- Volume
- 61
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 209-214
- ISSN
- 0004-5241 (ISSN-L)
- 0104-4230
- OpenAlex
- W2252956928
- Cited by
- 55
- References
- 20
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- 2026: 3 · 2025: 5 · 2024: 15 · 2023: 4 · 2022: 7 · 2021: 3 · 2020: 6 · 2019: 5 · 2018: 1 · 2017: 4 · 2016: 2
- FWCI
- 2.92
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
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- Funders
- University of Warwick
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Management Science and Operations Research › Psychometric Methodologies and Testing
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
- Social Sciences › Education › Health Education and Validation
- Keywords
- Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale, psychological well-being, cross-cultural adaptation, Brazilian Portuguese translation, psychometric validation, construct validity, internal consistency, factor analysis
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Adult, Brazil, Cross-Cultural Comparison, Female, Humans, Language, Male, Mental Health, Personal Satisfaction, Psychiatric Status Rating Scales, Psychometrics, Quality of Life, Surveys and Questionnaires, Translations, Reproducibility of Results, Young Adult
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